Machine for inserting heel or sole protectors.



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No. 741,522." l PATENTE-D 001113. 1903. 'B..E".M.1nro.`

MAGHINE EOE INSEETING HEEL 0E SOLE PEOTEGTORS.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 27. 1898. l

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UNITED sSTAiFS PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN F. MAYO, OF SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, p

SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY, A OOR- ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE UNITED PORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

AsSIGNoE, BY MESNE MACHINE FORINSERTING HEEL oRsoLE PBOTEOTORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Iatent No. 741,522, dated October 13, 1903'. Application led October 27, 1898. Serial No. 694,681. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may oon/cern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. MAYO, of Salem, county of EsseznState of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Ma- `chines for Inserting Heel or Sole Protectors,

of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like parts. l

The exigencies of tradein boots and shoes require that the heels and soles beprovided with protectors'to lessen the rapidity of the wear ofthe same, and hence'V I have devised a practical machine for doing this work automatically and rapidly. These protectors, coinmonly of horseshoe or other irregular contour or shape and composed of metal, are driven in the face or tread of the heelor sole of a shoe throughout more or less of the surface thereof. I find that'in driving this class of protectors the stock must be rmly clamped when the protector is being driven into it;

otherwise the stock is distorted laterally, leaving bulges or ridges, which interfere with subsequent trimming operations, especially in the heel, where the protectors are driven close to the edge. I have'devised a raceway to con'- duct the protectors, said raceway being so constructed` that slight variation in size and shape of the protectors does not interfere with.

their free movement toward the delivery end of said raceway. I have also devised special devices to insure thedelivery of said protectors singly and without any liability of delivering two protectors at the same time, my delivery apparatus being devised to act against the side of the second protector from the end of the raceway preparatory to discharging the endmost protectorfrom the raceway into a carrier, which quickly 'puts said protector into position to be driven therefrom, directly through a nose or foot plate, into the heel or sole lying on a horn, which at that time is elevated to firmly clamp the stock between it and said foot-plate.

In the form in which I have herein chosen to illustrate my invention thecarrier is made as a solid piece of metal having a space shaped to receive within it the protector of whatever form externally,and said carrier has projected from it into said space an inner guide or tongue to enter the space betweenfthe wingsv or open end of the protector.4 The fin of the raceway straddled by the protector,and which acts to guide the protector from the receiving end of the raceway into position to be discharged from the raceway, is vherein shown as having a quarter-turn, so that the protector is turnedby the raceway and made to assume a position wherein its upper and lower edges stand substantially horizontal with the openings between the wings or ends of the protectors exposed preferably toward the operator. The delivery end of the raceway is shaped to substantially surround or embrace the protector externally, and said delivery end pre` sents a positioning portion which enters between said wings or open end and stands in l the space of the protector, said positioning portion registering each protector in position with relation to the feed which acts against the edge of the sole or heel in feeding the material over the horn, so that the open ends of the protectors, which'ar'e delivered in succession from the end of said positioning portion, stand uniformly with relation one to the other.

The protectors are made to pass singly from the positioning portion of the raceway into a space of theV carrier having an inner guide,

which is alined with the positioning portion,

when a protector is transferred from the raceway into the space of the carrier, and this inner guide remains in position in the open end of the protector while it is being moved from a position opposite the end of the raceway into position above the driver-passage in the nose or foot plate, and the latter may have, as shown, an inner guide, which occupies such position as to receive upon its opposite sides the wings or .open ends of the protectors as they are moved from the carrier into the'passage in the nose or foot plate. Thus it will be seen that the protectors are positively controlled as to the position of their open ends or wings While leaving the raceway and throughout their subsequent movements by the vmachine until they arrive in position to be driven by the driver, and the inner guides of the carrier and of the IOO , bushing in the nose-plate act to position the elevation of the upper part of the machine.

open ends of the protectors throughout the driving operation. I prefer to eject the protector positively from the raceway into the protector-space of the carrier rather than let it drop by gravity, for thereby the speed of operation ofthe machine may be greatly enhanced.

The carrier shown in the drawings presents a suitable space for the reception of a protector, the said space being shaped to receive the exterior of the protector to be driven, and the nose or foot plate is also provided with a protector passage or throat (shown as made in a bushing) shaped internally to receive the protector; and by changing the carrier for one having a different-shaped space and the bushing for one having a diterent-shaped passage or throat and also the raceway, if necessary, the machine may readily be adapted to drive protectors of any desired irregular shape or contour.

In the machine shown in the drawings the protector when put into the space of the carrier is immediately covered, and it remains covered while the carrier takes the protector and puts it in position in line with the driver which is to drive it from the carrier, the covering of the protector obviating the overturning of the protector during this movement and preventing its accidental escape from the carrier in the rapid motions of themachine.

Figure l in side elevation and partial section represents a sufficient portion of the machine for inserting protectors to enable my invention to be understood. Fig. 1 is a detail showing the disengaging projection cooperating with the pawl or engaging device C18. Fig. 2 is an enlarged front elevation of the upper part of the machine. Fig. 2n is a detail showing the dam and toothed wheel, to be described, operating to enable the protectors to be brought proper side up in order that they may get correctly onto the raceway. Fig. 3 isasection in the line Fig. 2. Figs. 4 and 5 are details of the feeding mechanism 'for the shoe. Fig.6 shows the carrier and footplate, the carrier being in position to receive the protector from the positioning portion of the raceway shown in section, part of the actuating means for the carrier being also in section. Fig. 7isasection in the liney, Fig. G, the protectors being represented as in elevation. Fig. 7a shows detached that one of the two like bushings which is contained in the footplate. Fig. 8 is a similar section to that shown in Fig. 7, but with the carrier in position to deliver its protector in the bushing of the foot-plate, the protector being represented asin elevation. Fig. 9 is a View of a portion of the devices shown in Fig. 6, but

with the carrier shown as between the positions Fig. S and Fig. 6. Fig. 9 is a detail showing in plan view part of the carrier detached, the ejectorl or let-ott being omitted. rotation of the main shaft.

Figs. 11 and 12 show modified forms of raceways. Figs. 13 and 14 show, respectively, cross-sections of the raceways represented in Figs. 11 and 12. Fig. 15 shows, enlarged, the protector represented in Figs. 12 and 14. Fig. 16 shows in section still another forni of raceway. Fig. 17 represents a front elevation of a modification to be described, wherein the carrier and raceway are connected togcther. Fig. 18 is a plan view, partlyin section, taken on the line m5 of Fig. 17. Fig. 19 is a sectional view taken on the line x6 of Fig. 18; and Fig. 20 is a sectional View of the raceway, taken on the line c4 ot' Fig. 17.

The column A, standing on legs A', has bolted to it by bolts A2 a head A3, having bearing for a main shaft A4, provided with a fast pulley Ai and a loose pulley A, the latter being run continuously and adapted to pick up frictionally the fast pulley and rotate said shaft whenever the loose pulley is forced against it bythe wedge B, carried by the bar BX, connected with a rod B', attached at B2 to atreadle B3, Fig. 1 showing the said treadle depressed at its front end as when the machine is running. A spring B, surrounding the rod B, acts to depress the Wedge and free the loose pulley from the fast pulley whenever the foot is removed from the said treadle. The bar BX, carrying the wedge, has rackteeth B5, which engage sector-teeth on one arm of an elbow-lever B, mounted ou astud B7, said lever having a roller or other stud B8, which rests against the edge of a cam B at one side of the brake-wheel B10. The hub of the lever B has clamped to it by a clampscrew B12 a hub BMX, which carries a brakeshoe B13, which in the rotation of the cam B" after the operator has removed his foot from the treadle to stop the machine is permitted by the said cam, it acting through said lever B to meet the brake-wheel and instantly stop the machine, so that the machine is always stopped with the parts in one position. When the operator moves the treadle to start the machine, the ascent of the rod B moves the lever BG and effects the removal ot' the brake-shoe from the brake wheel. The column receives a sliding shaft C, on the upper end ot' which is a horn C. The lower end of shaft C has connected to it a rod C2, joined to an arm of a lever C3, pivoted at C, the rear end of said lever having attached to it a rod C5, provided with a ratchet-toothed plate C1, fitted to slide up and down in guideways C7, the teeth of said plate being adapted to be engaged by a suitable pawl or engaging device U18, mounted on a plate 09,10- cated in said guideways and connected to the lower end of a rod C10, attached to an elbowlever C12, pivoted on the head and having a roller or other stud which enters an irregular groove at the inner face of the cam B9, said plate and pawl rising and falling during each As the plate de- Fig. 10 shows an enlarged right -hand side l scends a block B20, fastened to the column A,

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as shown in Figs. l and la, acts to detach the-, pawl or engaging device from the ratchet teeth, letting the spring C44, surrounding the rod C2, act to elevate the horn and cause it to clamp the stock S, of whatever thickness,

iirmly between it and the under side of the foot-plate D, the protector being driven in to the stock--a heel or sole-when so clamped.

The plate C9 and its pawl are raised immediately after a protector has been driven, and

as it first starts the pawl immediately engages a tooth then opposite its end in the plate C16 and effects thelowering of the horn to release the stock in order that it may be fed over the horn, the descent of the horn from the position in which it was left at .its last rise being always for the same distance. When the machine comes to rest, the pawl C18 is always disengaged from the teeth of the plate by the block B20. (See Fig. la.)

The operator may depress the horn to take o or put a shoe on said horn by putting his foot on the treadle D', pivoted at C4, the inner end of the said treadle acting against the lever C2, and a shoe having been applied the operator .removes his foot from said treadle,l letting the spring C14 act to immediately raise the horn to clamp the work. l

The head A3 has at its front face a flange ASX, to which is secured by suitable bolts D2 a face-plate D3, having a driver-bar guide D4, which receives a driver-bar D5, provided with a driver D6. yThe upper end of the driverbar has connected to it a link or stud D7, acted upon `by an arm D8, pivoted at D9 and acted upon by a spring D40, which acts'normally to depress or throw down the driver-bar andv driver. The driver-bar has an attached block D12, provided with a lug, which is acted upon by a cam D12, attached to the front end of the main shaft, to lift said driver-bar, the latter being thrown down bythe said spring D10 whenever the cam passes the said lug. TheV main shaft has a pinion E, (see Fig. 10,) whichv engages a toothed gear E', fast on a shaft E2, supported in suitable'bearings in the head,

' said shaft having, as shown, a belt-pulley E3,

which drives a belt E4, extended over a second pulley E6, fast on a shaft E7, extended through a bearing E8, fixed to the head, said shaft being rotated and carrying with it the'` pot E9, containing the protectors, said pot having suitable buckets e, which lift the protectors and drop them onto au inclined shelf e', held in fixed position bya screw e2, inserted in a plate e2, attached to said bearing E8, from which shelf said protectors fall onto the upper edge of the raceway..

The raceway E44 herein shown, of whatever form, presents a iin, the receiving end e4 of which is supplied with protectors'from the shelf e in the hopper, said fin between its receiving end and its delivering end or protector-positioning portion 644 having given to' it a quarter-turn, (see Figs. 2 and 6,) so that a protector e5, applied to the receiving end and straddling the tin, will ride thereon to.

said delivery end or positioning portion@14 and during its passage will be turnedrinto such position as to present the open end or wings ofthe protector toward the front of the machine or in the desired established position required for thework to be done. The lin l has arranged a short distance from it and substantially parallel therewith a plate @66, and covering said fin and overlapping the protectors thereon is a lip el, which keeps the said protectors from rising on said tin to fall off the same or to override each other. positioning portion or delivery end of the raceway has an overlapping wing or lip e8, which extends about the end of the fin, the interior of said wing acting to retain the protectors on said positioning portion, keeping the protectors, as herein shown, with their open ends in line at the front of the machine. (See Figs. 6 to 9.) The lip es has an opening 3, and the plate e6 has at a point above said opening an opening 4.` The opening 4 receives in it. an arrester a, shown (see Fig. 6) as a finger pivoted at ct on' a block d, to be described, and acted upon by a spring a2, said spring normally acting to keep the end` of said arrester in said openingt in contact, as shown, with the side of an endwise-moving protector, the said arrester being moved away from tho said protector by a suitable pin or projection a3, mounted on a carrier a4,.which is pivoted at a5 and works in the slot axin the block d. The carrier 01,4 derives .its movement from a link a6, suitably jointed to the lower end of a lever or arml CL2-secured to oneI end of a rock-shaft a8, carrying an arm a9, (see Fig. 10,) provided with a roller or other stud, which enters an irregular groove in a cama, fast on the main shaft. The arm or lever cti-is shown as provided (see Fig. 6) with a guideway a12X,'in which is free to be slid a block a12, (see Fig. 2,) having a clampingscrew 0,43, which enters a slot' in a leverb, pivoted at b' on the face-plate. The lower end ofthe lever b is jointedby a pin bx (see Figs. 2 and 6) to the end of a feed-slide 62,'

slotted at b2, (see Fig. 4,) so that said slide may be moved when it is desired to feed the shoe on the horn.

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To feed the stock on the horn, the under v side ofthe feed-.slide is provided witha transverse guideway, in which is fitted a block bl, (see Figs. et and 5,) which` may be held in any adj usted position in said guideway by a clamping-screw bs or in any other usual or suitable manner. The block E7 carries a stud h6, on which is mounteda feed-Wheel b4, having an attached ratchetwheel b5, which is normally engaged by a detent-pawl b9,acted upon by a spring blo. As the slide is moved by the lever b in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 4f, the teeth of the `feed-'wheel are in engagement with the edge of the stock, a heel or'sole lying on the horn, and feed it for the proper distance. By placingthe fulcrum bon the lever'.V b out of line with the rock-shaft carrying the arm or lever a7 and the adjacent clampingscrew cl3 I may by adjusting the block 61.12 on the arm a7 and in the slot of the lever b readily vary the length of the throw of the lever b, and thereby regulate the feed-stroke as desired. During this feeding action the pawl b9 prevents any rotation of the feeding-wheel; but when the slide is moved in the opposite direction the teeth of the wheel still in engagement with the said edge roll over said edge, the pawl at such time clicking over the ratchet-teeth. The slots b3 of the slide receive guide-screws c, which enter by their threaded ends holes in the under side of the foot-plate D. (See Fig. 2,) The pivot a of the carrier (shown as a headed stud, see Figs. l and 6) enters a hole in the block d, secured to the head A3 by suitable screws CZ. (See Fig. l.) The bushing @4X in the nose or foot plate constitutes a throat, and it has an inner wall t4, shaped substantially as the exterior of the protector, and in practice the exterior of the protector will contact with said inner Wall, and also an inner guide t5, (shown clearly in Figs. 6 and 9,) said guide entering the space between the open end of cach protector, as best shown in Fig. 7, wherein I have represented the bushing detached with a protector within it,- the inner guide t5 acting to prevent any axial twisting or turning of the said protector and exactly positioning its wings or open end, so that each protector may be set uniformly with relation to all the others to present a symmetrical design. This bushing may be readily changed when the shape of the protector being driven is to be changed, the operatorat the same time changing the raceway, if need be, to correspond `with the protector to be driven.

The stop for the endmost protector of the series of protectors in the raceway, it holding said protector when the arrester cr is moved or withdrawn from the opening 1t, (said stop also acting, if desired, as an ejector,) is represented as a iinger f, pivoted at f on the carrier a4, the stop having a stud fzx, With which is connected a spring f2, the opposite end of the spring being herein shown as joined to a stud 7, connected with the block CZ. This invention is not, however, limited to mounting thestop or ejector upon the carrier. The free or acting end of the stop or ejector is beveled at its under side, as shown in Figs. 7 and S, and said end enters the opening 3 in the wing es, the stop or ejector occupying a position in a plane somewhat lower than the plane in which the arrester is adapted to be moved, the acting end of said stop or ejector being distant from the acting end of the arrester a little more than the height of a protector. As the carrier is moved to the right, Fig. 9, the pin a3 retires from the arrester, letting the spring 0.2 move the same to enter the opening 4t and act against the side of the cndwise-moving protector e5 next the endmost one of the series. (See Fig. 8.)

Said arrester may meet any part of the said protector between its ends and push it against the raceway, clamping the protector in position, and consequently any slight variation in the length of the protector does not in any way atect the correct operation of the arrester. After the arrester meets a protector, as described, the carrier in its further movement to the right, Fig. S, causes the inner end of the stop or ejectorf to contact with the plate cZ,which turns the ejector sufficiently to movc its acting end from under the endmost protector of the series of protectors on the raceway-positioning portion, permitting the endmost protector to drop and rest upon the smooth or fiat protector-sustaining portion of the carrier a4, and in the further movement of the carrier to the right the ejector is further turned to uncover the recess in the carrier that the driver may act to drive the protector. During this movement of the carrier to the right it will be supposed that the space or recess 5 therein contains a protector and that as soon as the carrier arrives in the position shown in Fig. 8 the protector therein descends and enters the opening or passage in the foot-plate. As the carrier is returned from the position in which it delivered a protector to be driven or -is moved to the left from theposition Fig. S the protector, resting on the protector-sustaining portion of the carrier and still held in position by the positioning portion of the raceway, is permitted to leave said positioning portion and enter the space 5 of the carrier when said space arrives under the raceway and the inner guide 'L8 in said space arrives in a position in which it is substantially alined with relation to the protector-positioning portion el, said protector entering the space 5, resting at its lower end upon the upper side of the foot-plate D, as in Fig. 7, all ready to be moved by the carrier into position to enter the opening in the foot-plate. As the protector enters the space or recess 5 of the carrier the wings of the protector fall at opposite sides of the inner guide ts. The delivery end e14 ot the raceway prevents any axial or twisting movement of the protector on its way from the raceway into the space 5 of the carrier. The carrier, having received a protector, is moved automatically, as herein shown, to the right to place the protector contained in its space 5 and straddling the inner guide t8 in positiouover the protector-passage in the bushing er of the foot-plate, so that the driver DG in its descent will meet the protector and drive it through the passage in the foot-plate into the stock lying on the horn, the inner guide t5 of the passage in theY footplate positioning the open end or wings of the protector, so that successive protectors may be driven uniformly. The driver having acted and having been elevated, the carrier is again moved to the left into the position Figs. 6 and 7.

In case the machine is being run rapidly and the protector should for any reason not drop quickly enough the end of the stop or ejector f, as the latter enters the slot 3 in the movement of the carrier to the left, will meet 1by its beveled under side the top of the prostantially the lower lend of the positioning portion @14 atV the delivery end of the raceway, so that said protector is controlled positivelyV While .passing from thedelivery end 'of the raceway into the space of the carrier, it meeting and resting upon the smooth side of the foot-plate D. The inner guides are not shown in Figs. 7 and 8, for the reason that the section-line y fy, Fig. 6, so cuts the carrier as not to cross said inner guides; but they are clearly shown in Fig. 9. As the protector drops from the space 5 into Vthe passage in the bushing @4X in the foot-plate its lower end strikes the stock or leather S, on which the-foot-plate D bears.

Referring to the drawings, Figs. 9 and 9i, showing the protector-receiving space in the carrier, and Figs. 6, 7, and 9, showing the passage in the nose orvfoot plate, it will be noticed that said space and said passage each has a projection or inner guide to enter between the wings of a protector, and at each side ofsaid inner guides there are abutments or shoulders with which may contact the ends ot' the wings of a protector. The ejector, as herein shown, acts to cover the protector in the space 5 of the carrier, keeping the protector therein from being overturned as the carrier is moved to put the protector in line with the driver, the ejector uncovering the protector just previous to the descent of the driver to drive the protector. The upper end -of the raceway is extended into the pot E9,

and the pot receives protectors through the chute o. Just below the inclined table e' I have located a dam o', it being a piece of metal secured to the part E8 by a suitable screw o2, the lower end of said dam (see Fig. 2a) having a slot to embrace the raceway, said slot being sufficiently large to enable a single protector proper side up to pass through saidl connection with a raceway employed to guide any fastenings to be driven.

In Figs. 1l and 13 I have shown a modified form of raceway, it presenting a thicker tin (marked g) to receive and guide a three-sided protector g', the part of the raceway rising parallel to one side of said tin having an overlapping lip g2.

In Figs. l2 and 14 l have shown a raceway having an extended lip g3, and the tin is represented as presenting two surfaces, the one, g4, being straddled by a part of the protector, while the other part, g5, of the iin acts as a su pport for another portion of the protector gs.

The protector g6 (shown in Figs. I2, I4, and 15) has two incurves, as 14 vand l5, either' of which may straddle the n g4; but to enable either of said incurves to get over the said fin the pointed end of the protector must be directed towardthe delivery end of the raceway.

The raceways in Figs. 1l and 12 will have.

at their delivery ends suitable slots in which may work, as described, an arrester and ejector.

In Fig. 16 I have shown, in cross-section,

still another form of raceway,'it presentinga ping the protector h2, therein shown as V- shaped.

In the form in which I have so far specifically described vmy invention theprotector has been shown as dropped into a space in a carrier, the end of the raceway being stationary with relation to the movable carrier; but in the modification of my invention contained yin Figs. 17 to 20 I have shown the delivery end of the raceway/m as inserted within a bushing mof the carrier 'm2, pivoted' at m3 between the foot-plate D and a block m4,

corresponding with the block d, before de` `iin h, with a tapered top or lip h', overlapl scribed, said carrier having connected to its rear end a link m5, corresponding withpthe link a, before described.

Fig. 2O is a section of the raceway shown in Fig. 17 in the line wt, and Fig. 19 is a section of said raceway in the line m6 of Fig. 18.

The raceway in Figs. 17 to 2O consists of a curved bar m and a iin me, the latter Vbeing straddled by the protector m7, and the part m covers and incloses the protector resting on the n, shielding and coveringitthroughout the length of the raceway. This bar m has an extension m9, slottedy at m10, said slot embracing a fixed guiding screw or stud m12, so that as said carrier is moved to eect the placing of la protector in the opening in the bushing n of the foot-plate D the raceway may move in unison with said carrier, so that the lowermost protector on said raceway, itA

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tors, said inger beingshown as L-shaped, l

. to the endmost one of the series and arrests it, thuskeeping back all of the protectors above it while the endmost protector, already released and lying on the foot-plate, is being put into driving position, said iinger performing substantially the functions performed bythearresterbeforedescribed. This finger is acted upon by a spring 715, attached at one end to a suitable stud 20 of the carrier,

and When the free end of said finger meets a stationary part of the machine, as a part of the block m4, the finger is moved to release the protector then arrested by it, letting all the protectors move so that the endmost one of the series Will drop and rest on the top of the foot-plate, and as the carrier is moved to the right, Fig. 1S, the spring a5 again assumes control of the finger and causes it to act against the side of and arrest and hold the protector immediately behind the o ne next to be driven.

I believe that I am the first to devise a machine for inserting into leather or other material protectors or slugs having laterallyextending wings. I also believe that I am the first to construct an arrester to act against the sides of the endWise-moving protectors in succession preparatory to letting off the endmost protector of the series of protectors on the raceway. I also believe that I am the first to provide a carrier With an inner guide to stand between the Wings of a protector While it is being taken from the raceway into position to be driven, and I also believe that I am the lirst to employin a passage or opening for guiding a protector an inner guide to enter the space between the wings or end of the protector, and I desire to claim said inner guide broadly Wherever it may be used and in whatever form it may be embodied.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-. A

l. A raceway composed of a fin presenting a downturned delivery end to guide a series of protectors, mean'sscoperating with said delivery end to keep said protectors thereon, and a device to release said protectors from the delivery end of said raceway.

2. In a machine of the class described, th followirfg instrumentalities, viz: a raceway to receive, guide and present a series of Winged protectors, a carrier having a protector1'eceiving space, means to move said carrier and put its space below the delivery end of said raceway, and a device cooperating with the endmost protector on said raceway to effect the passage of the protector from the raceway into the space of the carrier.

3. A raceway to receive and guide protectors, a carrier having a space to receive and position protectors With their Wings in a determined direction, a foot plate having an opening for the passage therethrough of a protector, a driver, and means to effect the covering of said protector in the space of said carrier While it is being moved.

4. A raceway to receive, guide and present aseries of protectors or slugs, a carrier, means to move said carrier and put it below the delivery end of said raceway, a device to control the delivery from the raceway of the endmost protector thereon to said carrier, an arrester to act upon a protector on the raceway, means to move said device and arrester to insure the delivery of the endmost protector on the raceway and check the movement of the protector next back of it and those sustained behind it, and a driver occupying its elevated position While the carrier is being moved toward the raceway to receive a protector.

5. In a machine of the class described, a raceway adapted to be straddled byand guide a series of Winged protectors, said raceway having at its delivery end a positioning portion, a lip surrounding said positioning portion to retain said protectors thereon, combined with means to let oft said protectors singly from the end of said positioningportion holding back the protector next to the endmost one of the series and those back of it While the endmost `protector is being delivered from the raceway.

6. In a machine of the class described, a raceway having at its delivery end a positioning portion to enter a space in a protector and an outer Wall or lip to keep said protectors on said positioning portion; a carrier having a protector-receiving space to receive and embrace a protector; combined with anarrester adapted to. act against the side of a protector on said positioning portion next behind the endm ost protector to arrest said protector and those behind it; and a stop or ejector adapted .to come under the endmost protector of the series of protectors on said positioning portion and hold back all of the protectors When the arrester is in its inoperative position, and to be subsequently moved to release the endmost protector While the arrester is in its operative position.

7. In a machine of theV class described, a

raceway having a iin to receive and guide' protectors; and a lip overlapping said tin at its delivery end and embracing the exterior of said protectors and their Wings, combined with an arrester, and a stop located below said arrester and adapted at times to arrest and then release the endmost protector, and means to operate said arrester and stop alternately.

8. A raceway having at its delivery end a protector-positioning portion which is straddled by a series ot' protectors, combined with an arrester and a spring to normally move said arrester to meet the side of a protectorv next to the endmost protector and hold the same in position, a carrier, and means actuated by it to move said arrester to release said protector that it may approach said carrier.

S). In a machine for driving protectors, a

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' slugs, a driver and means to guide protectors raceway to sustain and guide a series of protectors, a carrier to receive protectors from said raceway., a uniformlymoving arm to actuate said carrier, a feed-slide having a toothed stock-engaging device and a connected pivoted actuating-lever having a dii"- terent center of movementl from said arm; combined with an adjustable stud connected with said arm and lever, wherebybyvadjusting the stud the said lever actuated b v said arm and the stock-engaging device may have their throw increased or diminished, as desired. l

lO. In a machine of the class described, a foot-plate having a protector-opening, 'a raceway adapted to receive, guide, and present a series of protectors, With their openr ends in like position, and a movable carrier presenting a tongue to receive a protector from the raceway and put it in position in line with the opening of the-foot-plate.

11. In a machine of the class described, a device presenting a tongue to be straddled by a protector having laterally-extending Wings and provided with an abutment to position the ends of said Wings, a raceway tosupply'v protectors to said tongue, and means to move saidA device to transfer a protector into driving position.

12. In a machine for inserting winged protectors or slugs in to heels or soles of boots and shoes, a driver, a raceway,a device to transfer slugs from the raceway into `position to be driven, said device having an inner guide adapted to be embraced by a slug, means to support the leading end of said slug While embracing said guide, and means to actuate said device to transfer said slugs into position to be driven.

1-3. In a machine for inserting protectors or while they are being driven, said means having an inner guide to enter the space between the Wings of a protector.

14. A foot-plate having a protector-passage to receive a protector or s1ug,said passage'having extendedpartially through it an inner guide to enter the space at the open end of a protector to prevent the latter from turning in said passage, combined with a driver-bar and driver, and a movable horn to support and clamp the stock against said foot-plate while the driver acts to drive a protector into the stock.

15. In a machine for inserting protectors or slugs, a foot-plate having a throat provided with an inner guide to enter the open end of a protector, a driver, a raceWay, a carrier having a recess to receive a protector from the end of the raceway, means to permit said protectors to slide oi said raceWay one at a time and enter directly the recess of the carrier, and means to actuate said carrier to take a .protector fromthe raceway and put it in position tobe acted upon by said driver.

16. In a machine for inserting protective slugs into thesoles or heels of boots 0r shoes,

a raceway, a driver, and a device to transfer slugs from the raceway into positionto be driven, said device having a tongue to enter thespace between the wings or open ends ot' the slugs, and means to actuate said device.

17. A raceway to sustain and guide protectors, a driver, a movable carrier having aV guide adapted to be put in line with the open ends of the protectors guided by the raceway,

means to permit the escape of said protectors one after another from said raceway to the said guide, and means to move said carrier to place a protector' in position to be driven.

18. In a machine of the class described, a foot-plate provided with a protector-passage presenting an inner guide to enter the space -of and.position a protector to be driven, a device to put a protector in position above said protector-passage, and a suitable driver-bar and driver to drive a protector.

19. A raceway having a fin to enter the space between the Wings of a series of protectors; an arrester cooperating with the protector next behind .the endmost protector of the series of protectors on the 1in; a stop for the endmost protector; means toy remove said stop from under said protector; a carrier having a recess and an inner guide standing in said recess substantiallyin line with the lin of said raceway, whereby a protector released from. said raceway may enter the recess of the carrier and straddle the inner guide thereof.

20. In a machine of the class described, a carrier having a protector-receiving recess presenting abutments to act as stops for the Wings.

21. A raceway presenting a iin to sustain and guide protectors and keep their Wings in controlled position; a carrier having a space to receive, embrace and convey protectors from the raceway into position to be driven,

an arrester, and an ejector, the latter actingagainst a protector leaving the raccway to enter the carrier.

22. In a machine of the class described, the following instrumentalities, Viz: a raceway; a carrier having a protector-receiving space presenting a wall to surround the'body of the protector and form an abutment for the ends of its vertically-positioned Wings, a foot-plate having a protector passage lor throat, means to actuate said carrier, a driver, and means to actuate it to drive a protector from the carrier and foot-plate into the stock.

23. In a machine ot the class described, a movable carrier having a protector-sustaining surface and a recess, combined with means to delivera protector on said surface, and means to move said carrier while the protector rests thereon to bring the recess of the carrier under the protector that the latter may enter said recess.

24.Y In a machine of the class described, a raceway to control protectors, a carrier having a recess to receive and surround a protector, means independent of the carrier to deliver the protectors into the recess of the carrier, and a footplate provided with a changeable bushingr having a passage shaped to correspond with the exterior of the protector to be driven.

25. In a machine of the class described, a raceway presenting a positioning portion adapted to be straddled by and guide a series of protectors, and a lip embracing the endmost protector and its wings while on said positioning portion thereby guiding said protector; combined with a foot-plate having a protector-opening, a carrier having a protector-receiving space, and means to move said carrier and put its space under the said positioning portion to receive a protector and move said protector into position above the protector-opening in said foot-plate.

26. In a machine ot the class described, a raceway having at its end a protector-positioning portion straddled by the protectors to thus control the position of the open ends of vthe protectors and the direction in which their wings extend, combined with a carrier having a recess to embrace the exterior of each protector as it is delivered from the raceway, means to move said carrier, and means to prevent any axial turning of the protectors While being moved by the carrier.

27. In a machine of t-he class described, a raceway to receive and guide protectors, a carrier provided with a space to receive and inclose said protectors, means to move said carrier to and fro, a foot-plate having a passage provided with an inner guide entering the open end of and positioning each protector,a suitable support for the stock,and means to drive a protector from the carrier into the stock.

2S. In a machine for inserting protectors, a raceway to receiveand guide protectors, an ejector to sustain and releasein turn the foremost protectorin the raceway, an arrester to sustain and release in turn the next protector in the raceway, actuating means for said ejector and said arrester, a driver and a carrier having an inner guide to receive protectors from said raceway and place them in position to be driven.

29. The combination with a raceway and a foot-plate having a throat provided with an inner guide extendingfpartially through it, of a carrierhaving an inner guide to be straddled by a protector, and means to move said carrier intermittingly to and fro between said raceway and said throat.

30; A foot-plate to bear upon the surface of the stock, a transversely-movable feed-slide located below said foot-plate, a block carried by said slide and adjustable transversely thereon and carrying a feed-wheel, the adjustment of the block exposing more or less of the acting edge of the feed-wheel beyond the edge of the slide.

31. In a machine of the class described, a raceway having at its delivery end a vertically-placed fin constituting` a protector-positioning portion, and a suitable exterior guide keeping said protectors on said positioning portion, combined with a carrier having a tongue adapted to be embraced by each protector in succession as it leaves said positioning portion, and means to move said carrier to transfer a protector into position to be driven.

32. A raceway having its delivery end shaped to surround the exterior of a protector, having laterally-extending wings, said raceway having a positioning portion standing in the central part of the protector between its wings, whereby the protectors have their positions established uniformly as they leave the raceway.

In a machine for inserting protectors havinglaterally-extending Wings, a foot-plate having a protector-receiving recess, and an inner guide to enter between and position the wings of a protector. L

34. In a machine for inserting protective slugs, a carrier having an opening to receive a slug, and an inner guide to enter the open end of the slug.

35. A carrier having a protector-receiving space, a raceway having at its delivery end a substantially vertically arranged protectorpositioning portion and an external guide to maintain a series of protectors thereon and prevent any twisting or axial rotation thereof as the endmost protector of the series enters the space of said carrier.

3G. In a machine of the class described, a raceway presenting a iin to be embraced by and guide winged protectors, a carrier having an inner guide to receive a protector from said fin, a foot-plate having a passage to receive a protector from said carrier, a support for-the stock, a driver, and actuating means therefor.

37. In a machine of the class described, a raceway having its delivery end arranged to constitute a protector-positioning portion, combined with an external lip or device embracing the endmost protector on said positioning portion and by contact with the outer side of said protector keeping it on said positioning portion as the protector leaves the end thereof.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. MAYO.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. GREGORY, MABEL PARTELOW.

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